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Common carp by Alexander Francis Lydon. The type subspecies is Cyprinus carpio carpio, native to much of Europe (notably the Danube and Volga rivers). [2] [4]The subspecies Cyprinus carpio haematopterus (Amur carp), native to eastern Asia, was recognized in the past, [4] but recent authorities treat it as a separate species under the name Cyprinus rubrofuscus.
In Malaysia, it is a highly prized food fish, being one of the most expensive fish in the country, wild specimens can be sold for thousands of ringgit.Due to this they are overfished and are now rare in the wild, further increasing their value and local fishermen's incentive to catch it.
Other commonly used names for this fish are the carpilla ikan temoleh and the seven-striped barb. Named in honor of J. Jullien, who collected the type specimen, possibly physician-zoologist Jules Jullien (1842–1897), who served as ship's doctor on a number of French expeditions and (later, in 1888) as president of the Zoological Society of ...
In West Java, ikan mas (Cyprinus carpio) is the most popular fish to be cooked as pepes. [3] In Palembang, patin (Pangasius sutchi) and lais (Kryptopterus cryptopterus) are the most common fish to be used, while in West Sumatra, people use bilih fish (Mystacoleucus padangensis). However, fish is not the only ingredient to be made for pepes.
In Indonesia, fish balls are called bakso ikan (fish bakso) and often served with tofu, vegetables, and fish otak-otak in clear broth soup as tahu kok. It may be thinly sliced as additional ingredient in mie goreng, kwetiau goreng, nasi goreng and cap cai. A similar dish is called pempek, in which surimi is shaped into logs and fried.
In Indonesia, snakehead fish, called ikan gabus, are served as the main parts of traditional dishes such as the Betawi people's pucung gabus, and considered to be a delicacy due to their rarity in the wild and in aquaculture, as they are harder to raise than other popular freshwater fish such as catfish and carp.
Yellowtail scad (ikan selar) in Malaysia. The yellowtail scad is widely distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Indo-Pacific region. [ 4 ] In the Indian Ocean , the species is known from as far south as South Africa , distributed north along the east African coast including Madagascar , and further north to the Persian Gulf ...
Known as ikan terubok in Malaysia, T. toli is highly prized among Malaysians for its meat and eggs. Overfishing has depleted the population alarmingly in Southeast Asia . [ 5 ] Research center and fish farming are carried out by local farmers in many parts of Malaysia for conservation and commercial purposes.